Mark Bloom, left, Ronnie Scott and Larry Papel of Corner Partnership stand on the roof of the Hilton Downtown Nashville hotel, one of the sites they previously bought.

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A Nashville-based investment partnership paid more than $3 million for tracts south of Broadway totaling nearly an acre, giving it an entire downtown block to pitch to apartment or hotel developers.

Corner Partnership LLC purchased the properties along with Al Ross, co-owner of several downtown bars. It's the latest acquisition of land within eyeshot of the new Music City Center convention hall, an area where developers have been snapping up properties in hopes of riding expected future growth.

"We really feel SoBro is going to continue to be a hotbed of residential and lodging ...